Nations Cup Final

by **Joehan** Mon 04 Jun 2012, 22:18

On Thursday, the second Nations Cup final will be played between Spain and Germany, both attempting to take Scotland's crown. But what do we know about the teams?

SPAIN

Players:

Lekumberri (c), Redboy, Rvilla, KaLaJaN1, Menso Palaez, Amunike, weiser.

Route to the Final

Spain battled through Group B in second place with one win, one draw and one loss. They comprehensively beat ROTW in their final game 4-2, after losing 2-0 to Scotland and drawing 4-4 with Wales in what was undoubtedly the game of the tournament.

After this, they beat the favourites Scandinavia 1-0 in the Quarter finals with a late Rvilla snipe (lets forget about his open goal miss, shall we?) before *cough* luckily *cough* beating Wales in the semi final 3-1, thanks to two goals from Redboy and a late goal by Menso Palaez to seal passage to the final.

Five Facts:

1. Spain's striker, Redboy, is this Nations Cup editions top goalscorer, with six goals
2. Spain were involved in the highest scoring game in Nations Cup history, in the 4-4 draw with Wales in the group stage
3. Similarly, Spain have the biggest win in Nations Cup history, with their 7-0 thrashing of India (Sukh.gif) in the first Nations Cup
4. Spain are the Nations Cup all time top goalscorers, with 20 goals
5. Rvilla is Spain's top Nations Cup goalscorer, with eight goals, and Redboy is their top assister, with only two.

Overall record:

Played: 9
Won: 4
Drawn: 2
Lost: 3
Goals: 20
Conceded: 13
Highest Scoring Game: 4-4 v. Wales (Nations Cup 2 Group B)
Biggest Win: 7-0 v. India (Nations Cup 1 Group B)
Biggest Loss: 2-0 v. Scotland on two occasions (Nations Cup 1 Group B and Nations Cup 2 Group B)
Top Scorer: Rvilla (8 )
Top Assister: Redboy, (2)

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GERMANY

Players:

OvoXo (c), Booba, echsehh, kAos, ksd, Jds89, Juventino.

Route to the Final

Germany scraped their place to the Quarter Finals from Group A despite losing their last two games, both 3-2 against England and Scandinavia respectively, because they beat the Netherlands, again 3-2, in their opening game of the tournament.

In the Quarter Final they played India, who had got through Group C by not playing a game due to forfeits by France & Belgium firstly and then Albania. They won this game 3-1 to seal progress to the Semi Finals, where they overcame an early scare to beat ROTW 4-1 to book their place in Thursday's final.

Five Facts:

1. In the first Nations Cup, Germany didn't even get a point.
2. Booba is their all time top goalscorer, with four goals.
3. Jds89 is their all time top assister, with three assists.
4. Germany have scored in every game this tournament, but they have not kept a clean sheet in any game in Nations Cup history.
5. Germany have never drawn a Nations Cup game

Overall record:

Played: 7
Won: 3
Drawn: 0
Lost: 4
Goals: 14
Conceded: 13
Highest Scoring Game: 3-2 - on three separate occasions - Win v. Netherlands, and losses v. England and Scandinavia (all Nations Cup 2 Group A), and 4-1 against ROTW (Nations Cup 2 Semi Final)
Biggest Win: 4-1 v. ROTW (Nations Cup 2 Semi Finals)
Biggest Loss: 2-0 v. Netherlands (Nations Cup 1 Group C)
Top Scorer: Booba (4)
Top Assister: Jds89 (3)

Make sure you tune into the livestream at 20:30 on Thursday for the Final